Alex Abate

For me, home is: Houston Texas

Prior degree(s): B.S. in Computation and Cognition at MIT, class of 2022

Research experience before PiN: I worked as an undergraduate researcher in Nancy Kanwisher’s lab studying the human ventral visual stream with fMRI and deep learning. Before that, I worked in Ann Graybiel’s lab studying the role of the striatum in decision making and reward prediction using imaging and optogenetics in mice.

Current research interests: I am interested in studying cortical representations of movement.

Interests outside lab: sailing, cello, piano